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N0. 302,163. Patented July Application filedal'une '4, 1884. (No model.)

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JULns ALrHoN'sE sALADnI, or NANCY, MEURTHE-ET-IMOSELLE, FRANCE.

APPARATUS FOR coouue AND IMPBEGNATING AIR AND OTHER GASES. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,153, dated July 15,1884,

To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that 1, Jonas ALPHONSE SA- LADIN, av citizen of France,residing at Nancy, in the department of lVIeurthe-et-Moselle, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Cooling andImpregnating Air and other Gases and for other purposes,

, or sanitary uses, of carbureting air or gas for illumination orheating, or for other purpose to which the said apparatus is or. "may,be adapted. In this new apparatus the air or gas is forced through aseries of perforated or slotted plates, kept moistwith the liquid byrotating partly in and partly out of the liquid, or by giving to thesaid platesa movement of reciprocation, or by causing the liquid to.circulate over fixed plates.

The accompanying drawings represent several examples of each kindof-apparatus.

Figure 1 illustrates in elevation and section one form of the apparatuswith rotary plates;

' Figs. 2'and 3, appliances that may be used in connection with thesame; Figs. 4to 8, difl'erent 'apparatus for revolving the plates; Fig.9,, a

special construction for use with very large plates, and Fig. anarrangement for treating large bodies of air, views in longitudinal,

cross, and horizontal section being given; Figs. 11, 12, and 13 arerespectively longitudi'- nal and cross section and plan of another formof rotary apparatus, and Figs. 14 to 18 detail views illustratingmodifications. Fig.- 19 is a partial view in longitudinal section of,athird form. Figs. 20 and 21 .are longitudinal and cross section of afourth form, and Figs. 22to 25,

.detail views connected therewith. Figs. 26, 27, and 28 represent anapparatus in which Patented in France J anuary. 22', 1883, No. 153,183;in Belgium March 30,1883, No. 60,921, and in England March 30, 1883, No.1,614. t a

theperforatedor slotted plates are reciprocated. Figs. 29, 30, and 31illustrate an apparatusin which the liquid is circulated, the platesremaining stationary; and Figs. 32 and 33 show another form of p thesame. Fig. 34

shows a fifth form of apparatus with rotatory plates. Figs. 35 to 4.0are detail views of modifications. Figs. 41 to 45 illustrate modifi-fcations which may be 'made in the rotatory part," which inits general.features is like that of Fig. 1. Figs. 46 to 59 illustrate simplifiedrotatory apparatus, and Fig.- 60 shows an ejector that may be used withthe apparatus.

In a water-tight receptacle or drum of sheetiron the series of plates Jare supported by means of the shaft I, to'which they are secured bymeans of the concentric cones g and I and the worm-gear G. p The platesare fixed to the wide ring K, which-surrounds them,

and is bolted to the enlarged end of the cone 7 g-,' and thesaid platesare further fastened to the cylindrical extension of the enlarged end ofthe .cone 1, which enters the openings in the centers 'of the plates.Between this cylindrical extension andthe shaft. I a number of holding'orsupporting disks are interposed. The shaft I is journaled in bearingsF F at is revolved by an endless screw engaging the worm G, and drivenby a pulley. (See also Fig. 4.) The liquid (water for example) runs inat the pipe I and escapes by the outflow 0,

after having passed through the lower part of the perforated plates Jand of the cone gin the direction indicated by the dotted arrows.

The airto be cooled is forced, by a fan-blower, M, or other suitablemeans, into and through the annular space between the cones,'asindicated by the solid arrows. It passes through the perforations in theplates J and comes into contact with theJiquid thereon. The revolu ormore of them may be provided at the rim f the opposite ends of thereceptacle. The shaft.

I with little buckets'j, as shown in Fig. 2, or

they may be covered with woven-wire fabric divide the liquid. Suchmaterial may be in small pieces confined between two perforated plates.

Instead of turning the shaft I by wormgearing, it may be revolved. by apawl and ratchet, (see Fig. 5,) a small turbine, Fig. 6, a clock-work,Fig. 7, or apawl and ratchetfin which the pawl is moved by anelectro-magnet, Fig. 8, or by other suitable motor.

Large plates can be made up (see Fig. 9) by fastening sections J to andbetween cross-bars J. In Fig. 10 a compressedair-chamber, T,communicates with a series of the apparatus (such as shown in Fig. 1 orin other figures) placed in chambers of masonry, and these apparatus alldeliver the cooled air into a common chamber,whence'it passes by theflues T and T, as may be desired:

In the apparatus of Figs. 11, 12, and 13 a series of plates, e, placedclose together side by side, are confined at the ends by the heads 0 abetween the flanges d f, near the edges of said heads. Water or otherliquid is admitted by the pipe I, and is removed from the inside of therim of plates e by the curved pipes g, which scoop up the liquid anddeliver it through the'shaft I, whichis perforated at one end, asindicatedin dotted lines at the right of Fig. 1].. The drum is revolvedto the left, as indicated in Fig. 12, by means of the bevelgears B. Theair moves in the direction of the arrows, passing between the platese,which are kept constantly wet by the liquid in which thelower part ofthe drums periphery isjmmersed. -t'.

To increase the surface, and to hol'd ithe plates apart, corrugatedstrips, Fig. 14, or pins, rods, or blocks, round, Fig. 1 5,. or square,Fig. 16, may be placed between the strips, osprojections may be formed,or the strips themselves, Fig. 17, or short studs may be insertedthrough holes in the plates, Fig. '18, or other devices may be used.

Instead of providing the drum with a slotted or perforated periphery inthe manner just described, brick, coke, and like material in smallfragments may be confined between two perforated cylinders of metal, asshown in Fig. 17 or a series of perforated cylinders arranged oneoutside the other may be used, as shown in Figs. 20 and 21. Theperforated cylinders K are made of sections, which at theends abutagainst and are held in place by the wedge-shaped cross-pieces Z.Thesewedgeshaped pieces are bolted to the flanged crossbars i, which arebolted at the ends to the a heads h. Strips separate the overlyingsections, being interposed, as shown in Fig. 22.

Bolts n fasten the sections. between the blocks to other cross-bars-z'.cylinder-sections K may be of any desired The perforations in the shape.They may be slots and run lengthwise of the sections, as shown in Fig.24, or, better, obliquely thereto, as shown in Fig. 25.

In the apparatus of Figs. 26,27, and 28 the perforated plates eare.moved up and down into and out of the liquid in the cham- .ber d,divided by partitions i into as many compartments as there are plates e.These partitions, and consequently the compartments, are of differentdepths. The water is introduced into the deepest one, and after passingsuccessively through all escapes by the overflow R. v Fig. 26 is asection on line A B, Fig. 28; Fig. 27' is asection on lineCD, samefigure,and Fig. 28 a section on line E F, Fig. 27.

Theapparatus of Figs. 29, 30, and 31 has stationary perforated plates f,over which the water trickles, the air passing through in the directionof the arrow. Above each plate is a pipe, which delivers the water ontothe plate. The lower edgesof the plates dipinto the grooves c, whichcollect and carry off the liquid to be raised by therotary pump at intothe pipe on top, in order that it may trickle over the next plate in theseries.

Fig. 29 is asection on line G H of Fig. 30,

which is a section Online I J of Fig. 29. Fig. 31 is a section on line KL of Fig. 29.

' Instead of a series of upright perforated plates, a series of flathorizontal plates set close together maybe used. An apparatus of thiskind is shown in Figs. 32 and 33, the former being a section on line M Nof the latter, which is a section on line 0 P of Fig. 32. The

water, after running over the plates, is collected in the receptacle 1,whence itis returned to the top by the centrifugal pump 0.

In Fig. 34 a drum to be used instead of that of Fig. 1 is represented.The plates are flat rings secured at the enlarged ends of the cones b cd. They may be crossed with other plates, as indicated in Fig. 35, orcorrugated, Fig.- 36, or bent in larger zigzags, Fig. 37, or separatedby cross-pieces, Fig. 38, or interposed corrugated strips, Fig. 39, orby a series of pins, Fig. 40. I

In Fig. 41 the enlarged end of the cone is closed by overlapping platesleaving a tortuous passage between, through which the air passes,

as indicated by the arrows. When more than two cones are used, one ormoreof the intermediate cones may be perforated, as shown in Fig. 42.Division and strengthening plates d; may be placed longitudinallybetween the cones. is perforated as well as the endplate, b,which isfastened to the enlarged end of co'ne c. In

Fig. 45 a perforated cylinder is used in place of the outer cone.

The different forms ofatpparatus in Figs. 46 to In Fig. 44 the part a ofthe outer cone 52 will be readily understood without furtherdescription. The liquid is not removed from inside the perforated drums,as in the apparatus of Figs. 11 and 20; but itis evidentthat the curvedpipes q could be used. I y

In ,Figs. 53 and 56 aseries of slats are placed" 'wheel. Fig. 53 is asection on' line K" L of f Fig. 56, and the latter a section'on line I Jof close togetherand secured to the; arms of a,

' each'revolution dip into the liquid and then--' are exposed to-the'c'urrent of air, They may be wrapped with flannel or other cloth.

.ing used'for. cooling air, may be use forfvarious other purposes, Itmay, for example, be: used to carburet air" or gas,- the water beingreplaced by alight hydrocarbonFsuch'as gaso- 3 1111601 naphtha. If it'isdesired to mix the .carbureted. air or -'gas'with otheriair or gas; anejector of ordinary form, as shown in Fig.

60, is or may be employed. Having now fully described my said inven- 1j'tion and the manner of carrying the same into efl'ect,whatIclai.m,i's-

"1. The'new' system of apparatus for'bring ing continuously air orother; gas into-contact; with water or other liquid in a finely-dividedcondition by forcing the air or gas through a y series of perforatedplates movable into or out fof the liquid, or disposed in. such a waythat the wholebeing stationary the liquid and gas aloneare moved, thisnew systembeing ape. plicable tothe evaporation of a .liquid,- toventilation by hot vor cold air, -to the -disin fecting of ,unwholesomeplaces, and to like purposes, substantially as described.

q 3. .The dispositions'shown' by way of v.ple in Figs. 26, 27, and 28,in which theper- It is-evidentthat the apparatus, besides be- I -2.' Thespecial formof apparatus (shown by way of example in Figs.- 1 to 26) toobtain the ends stated,- the same comprising a drum provided withrotatory plates, aliquid receptacle,

- and inlet and outlets, the gas entering by the center of the apparatusand escaping only af-' te'r passing through'the perforated plates keptsaid liquid, substanmoist by turning in the tia'lly as described.

examas described."

4. The dispositions shown by way of example in Figs; 29'to 33, in whichall the organs are-put in movement in order to effect the necessarycontact between the liquid and gas,

substantially as described;

5. 'The dispositions shown in Figs. 46 t0 59 for the purpose ofincreasing .the capacity by :remain stationary and the liquid and gasalone enlarging-the perforated surface or diminishing' the "price of theapparatus by simplifying "the construction, substantially as described,

In testimony whereof Lhave hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses. l

- JULESALPHONSE SALADIN.

Witnessesg 1 EMILE BARRAULT,

AUG. VINcK.

